Tax reform

Paul Ryan’s tenure as House speaker will be judged in part on whether he can deliver a Republican tax plan. But rather than spearhead the effort to reach consensus, Ryan is still clinging to his own widely rejected proposal.

Early timelines were ‘overly optimistic,’ but there’s still a strong possibility of change, experts say.

Tax pros have mixed feelings on the tax-related provisions of the House appropriations bill .

House Republicans are growing frustrated with the lack of any details about the Trump administration’s tax plan, as the slow pace leaves lawmakers in limbo in their negotiations over how to deliver on long promised tax cuts.

Congressional Democrats might abandon their calls for raising the nation’s debt limit without any conditions, with House and Senate party leaders now discussing whether to use their leverage to try to prevent Republicans from enacting tax cuts for wealthy Americans.

Economic optimism among business executives who are also CPAs cooled down slightly in the second quarter of the year.

President Trump’s proposed reforms have many shifting their tax bills.

Thomson Reuters has introduced Checkpoint Marketing for Firms Emerging Tax and Regulation Alerts to allow accounting firms to keep clients informed about new and proposed tax legislation and regulatory changes.

A pledge not to give the wealthiest Americans an absolute tax cut is coming back to haunt Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

Practitioner groups are taking their members’ concerns to Washington.

Trump's budget aims to cut approximately $3.6 trillion in spending, in part from eligibility changes for the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit.

House Speaker Paul Ryan says he agrees that his proposal for a border-adjusted tax needs to be changed if it’s to pass Congress, but he said he’s not giving up on the idea.

Presidents have long used creative math and budget gimmicks to create the illusion that the trillions of dollars in spending they propose will somehow wind up reducing the deficit. Donald Trump’s $4.1 trillion budget is especially ambitious: It combines many of the tricks his predecessors tried over the years, and adds a few of his own.

House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady said he’s open to reviewing parts of the House Republican tax blueprint as Congress looks for a path forward on trying to make U.S. businesses more competitive globally—even as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin offered his most direct criticism of the plan yet.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that he can’t guarantee that the White House’s goal of no tax cuts for the wealthiest earners will survive the legislative debate.

Representatives of the small-firm organization made their annual trip trek to D.C. to present reforms that would help members and their clients.

The American Institute of CPAs observed a moment of silence at its Spring Meeting of Council in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday morning following the suicide bombing on Monday night at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England.

The hearing on the proposed border-adjustment tax that has split corporate America for months is finally happening, but the measure may be further than ever from reality.

The president's plan would dramatically reduce the government’s role in society, but relies on a sweeping tax overhaul package that may not happen.

The Trump administration’s proposals may create opportunities for practitioners.